As part of the 10th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Brian Simpson, MS, RRT, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CRC, a CDI specialist at Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania, a member of the Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter, and a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions. Contact him at blsimpson@phhealthcare.org.

For more information about outpatient CDI, read the 2020 CDI Week Industry Survey report.